John's Blog

I recently attended an ASP Designee class. The instructor stated that the best furniture polish, refinisher to use was "Howards Restore a Finish". I tried it but was not particularly happy with the product or the odor. Is there a better product that anyone is aware of to bring back the finish on ...

I am an ESGR (Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve) member looking for other Realtors that are interested in conveying their support for the military Reservists and Guardspeople  by signing a Statement of Support, showing that their organization will not discriminate against the Reservists. ...

I posed some questions to the membership regarding home staging. I need some feed back for the intial reactions that you have received from your sellers. How do you stay on top of the people that want you to stage their home, but on the same conversation do not want you to tell them how they shou...

Good evening,I recently attended and received my ASP designation. I think that the course has a lot of positive influences for those of us that try to guide our sellers to present their home in the best light to the buyer. Has anyone been able to get a direct response from their seller based on t...

Do any of you have other hobbies such as beading? It can become very habit forming. My spouse is a beader and is very good! Beads for fun and will bead for special occaions and for special people. she is reasonable with her rates depending on what is being asked. Crystal jewelry is is the most ex...

As I alluded to on a previos post I publish a newsletter for seniors every other month. What kind of newsletters to other Real Estate Professionals send? and have you experienced any measureable success in the feedback of those newsletters? to what age group are you targeting? Any suggestions in ...

I am interested in signing up for the next class on Home staging and securing the designation. I know we all stage our homes to a degree, but there appears to be more movement to the professional stager. Is there anyone that can give me some feedback reagrding the pros and or cons of using the pr...

I have been an SRES for 3 years. I have tried the newsletter every other month to my data base of of about 350-400 people. I have found this difficult to measure the success rate of the newsletter. I tie the newsletter information that the SRES provides to me as well as adding my own information ...

Any Realtor-hunters in Northern MN? I hunt with my in-laws in the Aitkin, MN area. Last year was the first year in a long time that we were unable to see anything much less shoot anything. I have been traveling to the Aitkin area now since 1992. Have gotten vension nearly every year till last yea...

As a former proud member of the USASA, I cannot help but ask if there are other former ASAers - you know who you are - that like to stay in touch with other former members. I was assigned to the 374th RRC in AnKhe , RVN and also spent some time at the 330th RRC and later the 330th RR FS both at N...